Is Welfare a Right?
 

What say you? Do we have a right and expectation to receive a government check for food and housing?

After all this IS America.:icecream

Re: Is Welfare a Right?
 

Under the law, yes

Re: Is Welfare a Right?
 

No, we do not have that right, nor should we have that privilege. We should not be dependent on the government to supply our every need. All the nations that have done this see declining productivity and contentment, and a sharp rise in sloth, rebellion, strife, discontent, and many other sinful attitudes and behaviors.

Re: Is Welfare a Right?
 

How do you figure Prax? Do you consider the "comon welfare" in the Constitution to refer to some Government obligation to put food on the individual's table? Otherwise, how do you consider their to be some "right" to a handout from the Gov?

Re: Is Welfare a Right?
 

We have a right to "pursue" happiness. It doesn't say a right to a chicken in every pot.

Re: Is Welfare a Right?
 

:thumbsup

Re: Is Welfare a Right?
 

No, but it's nice to know help may be available if we need it. But it shouldn't be a career.

Re: Is Welfare a Right?
 

It's not a right by any means... but in a civil Christian society that can provide welfare, it is a blessing for many.

Or one could see it as a right. Even the Law gave the poor the right to glean.

Re: Is Welfare a Right?
 

It's not a right nor should it be an expectation. And... if a civil christian society wants to provide assistance for people then let it provide it as they are able and desire to do so. But leave the government out of it.

Re: Is Welfare a Right?
 

I believe that "welfare" is NOT a federal responsibility nor a "right". Such powers should reside within the individual states. And I believe that cooperation with private agencies should be sought over before massive government programs implimented.